Exposure of hamsters to GSM900 signals carried by a quasi-TEM wave propagating in a rectangular waveguide
Conference: GeMIC 2008 - German Microwave Conference
03/10/2008 - 03/12/2008 at Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Proceedings: GeMIC 2008
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Ouardi, Abdessamad El; Streckert, Joachim; Hansen, Volkert (Chair of Electromagnetic Theory, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany)
Lerchl, Alexander; Schwarzpaul, Kristina (School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany)
Abstract:
The development of exposure devices for investigating possible effects of mobile communication systems to nonrestrained animals aims at a homogeneous field distribution in the area the animals occupy. In the presented 900 MHz exposure device based on a modified rectangular waveguide (WR1150) a quite good field homogeneity of 5 % (including the standing wave contribution due to internal reflections) is reached in the cage region mainly by flattening the transverse field. The desired maximal whole-body specific absorption rate (SAR) of 4 W/kg in the Djungarian hamster model is achieved at an input power of only 3.7 W.